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ALL-STAR has now deorbited. The ALL-STAR team here at Space Grant is now working on post-mission analysis and going through available data and observations. The team is looking to learn from their experience with ALL-STAR and improve the next iterations of the ALL-STAR bus system.

The next payload for the ALL-STAR bus system is known as PolarCube. PolarCube aims to build a payload that is capable of examining the polar regions of the Earth. For more information, please visit their website linked here.

The 3U Cubesat bus will be reproducible by conforming to a standard ALL-STAR interface and integration and CubeSat structure while allowing the versatility necessary for a variety of small payloads. The satellite will consist of fully functional subsystems operating off the same amount of power as to that of a night light, designed to support one year on-orbit operations, and measure 10cm by 10cm by 30cm, weighing nearly 4 kilograms (8.8 lbs).

Such a program leads the way for many similar CubeSat projects in the future of COSGC which will evolve to other future missions.